Tom Hanks will play tabloid columnist Mike McAlary, who investigates the scandal and corruption of graffiti-ridden New York in the 1980s. Peter Scolari will star as columnist Michael Daly, and will be joined by Christopher McDonald as lawyer Eddie Hayes and Peter Gerety as editor John Cotter.

The cast will also include Michael Gaston as Jim Dwyer, Dustyn Gulledge as Dino Tortoricci, Deirdre Lovejoy as Louise Imerman/Debbie Krenek, Danny Mastrogiorgio as Bob Drury, Richard Masur as Jerry Nachman/Stanley Joyce and Stephen Tyrone Williams as Abner Louima. Additional casting will be announced soon.